Paradise on the Pearl
Author : Joseph Wise
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Page : pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1994-06-01
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ISBN : 9780533109593
Author : Joseph Wise
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1994-06-01
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ISBN : 9780533109593
Author : Julie VonVett
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 2018
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ISBN : 9781939456304
This unique devotional provides an example for each day of the year of how science conforms Biblical truth. Extensively illustrated with gorgeous full color illustrations, this stunning hardcover is a showcase to God's existence and creativity and the absolutely accuracy of God's Word.
Author : Toni Morrison
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804169888
The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and a far-off past that is ever present—in prose that soars with the rhythms, grandeur, and tragic arc of an epic poem. “They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time.” So begins Toni Morrison’s Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror, and their murderous rage. “A fascinating story, wonderfully detailed. . . . The town is the stage for a profound and provocative debate.” —Los Angeles Times
Author : Paul Frederick Kluge
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824815677
In 1967 the Peace Corps sent P. F. Kluge to paradise - or so the American possessions in Micronesia seemed. His assignment was as noble as it was adventurous: to help the people of those half-forgotten Pacific islands move from old to new, so that paradise would have prosperity and freedom as well as physical beauty. He immersed himself in the lives of the diverse peoples of the islands. He composed speeches for their leaders. He wrote a stirring manifesto that became the Preamble to the Constitution of Micronesia. He began a friendship with a man who would one day be president of Palau. And then, a generation later, P. F. Kluge went back. . . . The result is a book the New Yorker called "remarkably effective," the Economist deemed "terrific"; a book Smithsonian Magazine found to be "written from the heart." The Edge of Paradise shows the impact and ironies of America's presence in an undeveloped part of the world, how perhaps there's no way "a big place can touch a little one without harming it."
Author : James Lee Burke
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1401304230
Discover the debut novel of James Lee Burke, before the creation of his now-famous Cajun detective, Dave Robicheaux , as he weaves together the struggles of three very different men. Toussaint Boudreaux, a black docker in New Orleans, puts up with his co-workers' racism because he has to, and moonlights as a prize-fighter in the hope of a better life-but the only break he gets lands him in penal servitude. J.P. Winfield, a hick with a gift for twelve-string guitar, finds his break into show-biz leads to the flipside of the American dream. Avery Broussard, descendant of an aristocratic French family, runs whiskey when what remains of his land is repossessed... The interlocking stories of these three men are an elegy to the realities of life in 1950s Louisiana, their destinies fixed by the circumstances of their birth and time. Yet each carries the hope of redemption...
Author : Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0822395940
In Securing Paradise, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez shows how tourism and militarism have functioned together in Hawai`i and the Philippines, jointly empowering the United States to assert its geostrategic and economic interests in the Pacific. She does so by interpreting fiction, closely examining colonial and military construction projects, and delving into present-day tourist practices, spaces, and narratives. For instance, in both Hawai`i and the Philippines, U.S. military modes of mobility, control, and surveillance enable scenic tourist byways. Past and present U.S. military posts, such as the Clark and Subic Bases and the Pearl Harbor complex, have been reincarnated as destinations for tourists interested in World War II. The history of the U.S. military is foundational to tourist itineraries and imaginations in such sites. At the same time, U.S. military dominance is reinforced by the logics and practices of mobility and consumption underlying modern tourism. Working in tandem, militarism and tourism produce gendered structures of feeling and formations of knowledge. These become routinized into everyday life in Hawai`i and the Philippines, inculcating U.S. imperialism in the Pacific.
Author : American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association
Publisher :
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Aberdeen-Angus cattle
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Author : American Angus Association
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Aberdeen-Angus cattle
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Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442439130
Brownie & Pearl make a mistake—and then make it all better in this eBook with audio. Uh-oh. Brownie and Pearl are in trouble! They were having a great time racing around the house until—oops—they knocked the radio off the table. Someone is NOT happy about their little accident. Luckily these plucky pals have a clever and sweet Brownie-and-Pearl style solution to make good on their mishap! With their simple stories, bold, graphic illustrations, and pitch-perfect moments of humor, the books in Cynthia Rylant’s acclaimed Brownie & Pearl series are a wonderful choice for babies, emerging readers, and everyone in between!
Author : Rebecca Lott
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2021-12-08
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ISBN : 9780648755746